The New Year, like an Infant Heir to the whole world, was waited for, …

Charles Dickens
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The New Year, like an Infant Heir to the whole world, was waited for, with welcomes, presents, and rejoicings. ✨ Charles Dickens (1846). ¬The Chimes
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